fusil

Example Sentences

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As for the difference between the lozenge and fusil, I could multiply opinions and examples, but hope those given will be sufficient.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

He had seized his fusil, and wriggled his body into an erect attitude; but he felt powerless to do more.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

Avec son grand fusil d’argent En roulant, ma boule!”

From The Young Alaskans on the Trail by Hough, Emerson

Our artillery lost its value, and we met them with fusil and caliver.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

Warned by what they had witnessed, the Indians had retired beyond even the range of the Serjeant’s fusil.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne